Srinagar, Feb. 20 -- Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday registered a case against the former Managing Director of J&K Cooperative Housing Corporation and others in an illegal land allotment case.

In a statement, the ACB spokesman said that a Preliminary Enquiry (PE) was conducted to look into allegations that the J&K Cooperative Housing Corporation Ltd. (JKCHC) purchased 392 kanal of land from private persons for establishing a Housing Colony at Village Bain Bajalta, District Jammu and for that purpose, also illegally occupied Kah Charai, Maqbuza Sarkar and JDA land.

"It was alleged that the Board purchased 392 Kanals of land at scattered places. The management of JKCHC, in connivance with officers/officials of the Revenue Depart...